Shloka 36

उपमन्युतपः-निवारणप्रसङ्गः / Śiva restrains Upamanyu’s tapas (Śiva disguised as Indra)

Devanagari script

फलार्णवं च बालस्य भक्ष्य भोज्यार्णवं तथा । अपूपानां गिरिं चैव दर्शयामास स प्रभुः

Transliteration

phalārṇavaṃ ca bālasya bhakṣya bhojyārṇavaṃ tathā | apūpānāṃ giriṃ caiva darśayāmāsa sa prabhuḥ

Translation

That Lord, wishing to delight the child, showed him an ocean of fruits, an ocean of foods fit to be eaten and enjoyed, and even a mountain made of sweet cakes (apūpa).

Word by Word

• फलार्णवम्: ocean of fruits
• फलार्णवम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: phala + arṇava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napumsaka (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Dvitīyā (2nd/द्वितीया), Ekavacana (एकवचन); tatpuruṣa ‘ocean of fruits’

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; conjunction (समुच्चय)

• बालस्य: of the child
• बालस्य: Sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bāla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Pumliṅga (पुंलिङ्ग), Ṣaṣṭhī (6th/षष्ठी), Ekavacana (एकवचन)

• भक्ष्य: eatable (food)
• भक्ष्य: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bhakṣya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napumsaka (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Prathamā/Dvitīyā (1st/2nd), Ekavacana (एकवचन); used adjectivally with ‘bhojyārṇavam’ meaning ‘edible (solid)’

• भोज्यार्णवम्: ocean of foods
• भोज्यार्णवम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhojya + arṇava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napumsaka (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Dvitīyā (2nd/द्वितीया), Ekavacana (एकवचन); tatpuruṣa ‘ocean of things to be eaten/food’

• तथा: likewise/also
• तथा: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; adverb (क्रियाविशेषण)

• अपूपानाम्: of cakes
• अपूपानाम्: Sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: apūpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Pumliṅga (पुंलिङ्ग), Ṣaṣṭhī (6th/षष्ठी), Bahuvacana (बहुवचन)

• गिरिम्: mountain
• गिरिम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: giri (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Pumliṅga (पुंलिङ्ग), Dvitīyā (2nd/द्वितीया), Ekavacana (एकवचन)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; conjunction (समुच्चय)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; emphatic particle (अवधारण)

• दर्शयामास: showed
• दर्शयामास: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √dṛś (धातु) [causative: darśaya-]
• Form: Laṅ-lakāra (लङ्; past), Prathama-puruṣa (3rd/प्रथमपुरुष), Ekavacana (एकवचन); causative (णिच्)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Pumliṅga (पुंलिङ्ग), Prathamā (1st/प्रथमा), Ekavacana (एकवचन); pronoun

• प्रभुः: the Lord
• प्रभुः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prabhu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Pumliṅga (पुंलिङ्ग), Prathamā (1st/प्रथमा), Ekavacana (एकवचन)

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pasha

Shiva Form: Bhikṣāṭana

Shakti Dimension

Role: teaching

Ritual Elements

Offering: naivedya

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

What is the spiritual significance of this verse in the Shiva Purana?

It illustrates Śiva’s saguna compassion: the Lord freely manifests abundance to nurture a devotee’s heart, showing that grace (anugraha) can override worldly limitation and draw the soul toward trust and devotion.

How does this verse relate to the worship of the Linga or Saguna Shiva?

The Linga is the transcendent sign of the nirguna reality, yet devotees often experience Śiva in saguna form through līlā and blessings; this verse highlights that personal, responsive aspect of Śiva that supports bhakti.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

A simple takeaway is gratitude-filled bhakti with japa of the Pañcākṣarī (“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”), offering food (naivedya) mentally or physically to Śiva and receiving it as prasāda, remembering that all nourishment is His grace.